Latest Death Cafe News
With Heather Martel
Oct. 27, 2024, 1.00 p.m. - 3.00 p.m. (ET)
This event has been made possible by the Beechwood Cemetery Foundation by providing a venue and refreshments to support these important conversations.
With Heather Martel
June 19, 2024, 6.00 p.m. - 8.00 p.m. (ET)
This event has been made possible by the Beechwood Cemetery Foundation by providing a venue and refreshments to support these important conversations.
Death Cafe write up: Laramie Death Cafe LPCC
Posted by Leeschwa on March 7, 2024, 11:55 a.m.
Our Death Cafe this month covered a great span of topics, from the perspective of today's youth on death and suicide among young people, inequities in nursing care, funeral business and preparations, burial shrouds, mushroom suits and forensic studies programs, on to yes, you do need a bunch of death certificates when the time comes, and as always, the topic of who comes out of hte woodwork on someone's passing arose.
Look for a Death Cafe LPCC monthly at the minimum moving forward.
Death Cafe write up: Schuylerville, NY Death Cafe at the Library
Posted by bwrisley@sals.edu on March 6, 2024, 10:24 a.m.
We had seven of us including myself at our first Death Cafe at the Schuylerville Public Library, and I'd call it a success! The conversation flowed, folks seemed to be very open and excited for the conversation. The tea flowed, the sugary snacks did as well. I left the cafe feeling overwhelmingly grateful for the opportunity to connect and have a conversation about death and dying that felt productive. We laughed, some of us cried, and I am very much looking forward to meeting again!
Death Cafe write up: Shepherdstown WV Death Cafe: Tea, Cake and Conversation
Posted by Tracy Seffers on March 5, 2024, 2:50 p.m.
Spring is starting to spring up all around us, peeping green from the decay of last year's leaves - life rising up out of death, death giving birth to new life - the eternal cycle coming round again.
Tea and cake were set out for our guests, and as people gathered.
The first topic brought to the table for discussion (thank you, Christine!) was the idea of "delayed" or "displaced" grief. What is it - why is it? How does it look for different grievers and difference death circumstances? Is it cultural - individual - communal - self-protective?
Conversation then moved to thinking about which cultures (like the Tibetan Buddhists) "do death" well ...
Death Cafe write up: Santa Cruz Death Cafe
Posted by Carol Morgan on March 4, 2024, 10:47 a.m. 3 comments
Our third Death Cafe of 2024 included 20 guests. There were 17 at each of the previous cafes, clearly there is a need! Some were new and some had come before. Introductions were held in the large circle and then conversations continued in 4 smaller circles for 40 minutes. I received positive feedback about the group led discussions as apposed to a meeting with an agenda.
With Carol Morgan
June 2, 2024, 11.00 a.m. - 12.30 p.m. (Pacific Time)
This Death Cafe is being offered as that safe place. You are not morbid or creepy because you are curious about what will inevitably happen to all of us! In ...
Death Cafe write up: Death Cafe at Leith
Posted by LomondBob on March 4, 2024, 3:33 a.m.
14 people attended. Topics discussed includes assisted dying, mixed heritage practices, availability of family support at the end of life, and the legacy we leave.
All feedback was positive and people enjoyed the event.
Again there was delicious cake.
With Davenport Public Library
Aug. 21, 2024, 5.30 p.m. - 7.30 p.m. (central)
Join us the following Wednesdays, June 26th, July 17th, and August 21st, from 5:30-7:30p at the Davenport Eastern Avenue Branch for a Death Cafe. At a Death Cafe ...
With Davenport Public Library
July 17, 2024, 5.30 p.m. - 7.30 p.m. (central)
Join us the following Wednesdays, June 26th, July 17th, and August 21st, from 5:30-7:30p at the Davenport Eastern Avenue Branch for a Death Cafe. At a Death Cafe ...
With Davenport Public Library
June 26, 2024, 5.30 p.m. - 7.30 p.m. (central)
Join us the following Wednesdays, June 26th, July 17th, and August 21st, from 5:30-7:30p at the Davenport Eastern Avenue Branch for a Death Cafe. At a Death Cafe ...
Death Cafe write up: Virtual Death Cafe Albany, CA USA PST
Posted by JimKirkpatrick on Feb. 26, 2024, 10:20 a.m.
Our Cafe meets the 4th Sunday monthly. Genevieve and Jim have been cohostiing here and earlier in another Death Cafe. Participants from Canada, Midwest, Nor Californnia, NE and SE USA participated. Deep listening punctuated by moments of silence, empathic reactions and open sharing. Genevieve and Jim give thanks for the special space all participants created this day. We give thanks to Death Cafe founders and acknowledge the important contribution of Bernard Cretaz's meeting with John Underwood in the creation of Death Cafe. Please follow this link to a posting by Jon Undeerwood https://deathcafe.com/blog/114/
Death Cafe write up: Shepherdstown WV Death Cafe: Tea, Cake and Conversation
Posted by Tracy Seffers on Feb. 23, 2024, 2:43 p.m. 1 comment
It was another lively gathering in February, fresh off the snowstorms that surprised us!
Discussion centered around how those who are dying - or caring for those who are dying - may find spirituality/religious traditions comforting or distressing, or anywhere along that spectrum.
The Cafe closed with a reading of Lisel Mueller's lovely poem, "Hope":
"It is the singular gift we cannot destroy in ourselves,
the argument that refutes death . . .
all we know of God. . . .
it is in this poem, trying to speak."
Over tea and homemade cake, it was a lovely gathering, with the promise of more good conversation to come.
First Tuesdays at Noon - Shepherdstown Public ...
Death Cafe: Virtual Death Cafe Stamford EDT
Posted by Connecticut Death Collective on Feb. 21, 2024, 5:35 p.m.
With Sahara Farrugio of Smart Funeral Planning
June 6, 2024, 2.00 p.m. - 3.00 p.m. (ET)
SFP Death Cafe
1st Thursday each month · 2:00 – 3:00pm
Time zone: America/New_York
Google Meet joining info
Video call link: https://meet.google.com/uaf-rydt-wcy
Or dial: (US ...
With Samantha Potter of Rubicon's Edge Consulting
May 26, 2024, 9.00 a.m. - 10.30 a.m. (Pacific)
Let's make death a normal part of life.
By making discussions about death taboo--even around those with a terminal prognosis, we are doing a disservice to ourselves, our loved ...